Borró
Rio Borró - the swimming paradise next to our house!
From Can Rodeja, walk left on the road, about 5 min to the north in the direction of the mountains, and after crossing a low road bridge there is an entrance to a trail on the left with 3 big stones.
Walk a couple minutes through the forest and you come to a series of pools (7 total) from this underground river.
Swimwear optional, the locals prefer to go natural.
Most of the water from the Riu Borró flows into the Fluvià River, but a portion of it ultimately reaches Lake Banyoles (Estany de Banyoles), the second largest natural lake in Spain. Covering an area of 107 hectares and reaching a depth of 46.4 meters, the lake is fed primarily by a karstic aquifer system.
Streams like the Riu Borró, the Riu Llierca, and others in the Alta Garrotxa region lose part of their flow through fissures in the porous limestone landscape. This water infiltrates underground and re-emerges via natural springs (surgències) that feed the interconnected basins and estanyols of the Banyoles lake system.
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